Popper, laws, and the exclusion of biology from genuine science

Acta Biotheoretica

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 357-375

  Stamos, David N ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biology; Demarcation; Evolution; Laws of nature; Phylogenetic systematics; Popper; Science

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EVOLUTION; METHODOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; TAXONOMY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

BIOLOGY; NOMENCLATURE; PHYLOGENY; REVIEW; SCIENCE;

BIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; SCIENCE; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 36448941265     PISSN: 00015342     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10441-007-9025-6     Document Type: Review

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